Category: War

The Story that GWB wishes the world would forget about….

I must confess, I find this most funny. Hee hee 

Pentagon Report on Saddam’s Iraq Censored? (via Rapid Report)

ABC News’ Jonathan Karl Reports: The Bush Administration apparently does not want a U.S. military study that found no direct connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda to get any attention.  This morning, the Pentagon cancelled plans to send out a press release announcing the report’s release and will no longer make the report available online.
The report was to be posted on the Joint Forces Command website this afternoon, followed by a background briefing with the authors.  No more.  The report will be made available only to those who ask for it, and it will be sent via U.S. mail from Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia. 
It won’t be emailed to reporters and it won’t be posted online.

Asked why the report would not be posted online and could not be emailed, the spokesman for Joint Forces Command said: "We’re making the report available to anyone who wishes to have it, and we’ll send it out via CD in the mail."
Another Pentagon official said initial press reports on the study made it "too politically sensitive."

I would guess so, this is like red meat for the left.

If you think that the Democrats won’t use this, for campaign purposes come November, You’re crazy.

Others: Hullabaloo, Donklephant, News Hounds, TPMMuckraker, democracyarsenal.org, The Newshoggers, Liberal Values, Talking Points Memo, Bang the Drum, The Carpetbagger Report and The Washington Independent

Obama snags Mississippi

He’s gaining by the minute.

Obama Wins Mississippi (via MSNBC)

NBC News declared Barack Obama as the projected winner in the Mississippi primary on Tuesday, the latest in a string of racially polarized contests across the Deep South and a final tune-up before April’s high-stakes race with Hillary Rodham Clinton in Pennsylvania.

Obama was winning roughly 90 percent of the black vote but only about one-third of the white vote, extending a pattern that carried him to victory in earlier primaries in South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana.

I think, considering what Hillary Clinton’s surrogate said about Barack Obama, This is just payback. I mean, Hillary, I believe is trying to cause division in the Democrat Party. I think it’s immature and shows much about her.

Senator Obama did an interview on a special late edition of Hardball with Chris Matthews. He basically repeated his talking points, however, he did answer the nasty stuff said about him very well. That says much about Obama’s character.

 

Here’s The Video:

Of course, the pundits are saying it was a easy win, because, according to the "Pundits" or as I like to call them, the educated Political idiots, say that it is because of the large African-American Population, which is, in my opinion, simple-minded and short sighted. He won because people believe in the man, is that so hard for the Media to admit that? Confused

More on the Obama Victory @ Memeorandum

More on the Armed Forces Recruitment Center Bombing

 Here’s the latest on this story….

LINK: House Members receive letters, photo of NY recruiting station sent before bombing (via The Crypt’s Blog @ Politico.com

A number of House members were mailed a letter and photo of a Times Square recruiting station in Manhattan before it was bombed on Thursday morning, according to House insiders and law-enforcement officials.

Initial information from Capitol Hill sources suggested the letters were sent only to eight House Democrats from the New York City area, but a senior House aide said many more members than that total could have received the missives. One source described the letter as a "20-page rambling rant," and the AP reported the envelopes included a "holiday greeting card" with the message "Happy New Year, We Did It" on the cards.

The AP also reported there was "a photo of a man standing in front of the recruiting station before it was bombed" in the envelopes.

The letter did not contain any specific threats against the lawmakers or the site, according to law-enforcement officials, but the U.S. Capitol Police and the FBI are now investigating the matter.

You know I was a bit light hearted about this last night. Mainly because I was quite tired from staying up so late.

However, let me state, I do not condone such acts at all. Whether the Left wants to admit this or not. This was an act of terrorism. There were letters mailed.  This was also an act of malicious vandalism.

Anyone who would do such a thing to a building used by the United States Government, is quite frankly, a disgrace to this Nation and this cowardly act, should be considered an act of treason.

I only wish for swift and harsh punishment for the person who perpetrated this crime.

Others on this: Hot Air, Associated Press, Power Line, American Power and Sister Toldjah (via Memeorandum)

Bombing Attempt at a Military recruitment center in New York.

The only reason I’m most likely the first Blogger writing about this, is because I just happen to be up this early, or up this late! SleepyYawn

CNN is calling it a "bang"

MSNBC is calling it a "small explosion"

and Fox News is calling it an TERRORIST ACT OF EPIC PERPORTIONS! "Explosion"

It happened at a Military Recruitment Center, go figure. Rolling Eyes

I can hear the Right Wingers HOWLING now. Angry"Them liberals are pure evil!"

There are unconfirmed reports that George W. Bush was spotting happy dancing in his underwear. SurpriseWinkingBig GrinTongue

Something tells me, this is going to be the biggest story on the right wing and maybe no so right wing, Blogosphere by later today.

For now, I’m going to bed, Night Ya’ll! Don’t let nothing exciting happen, till I wake up! Sleepy

Update: Looks like I was correct. Click here

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I have fixed feelings about this

Is this a genuine desire to help a family, or is it a effort to capitalize on the death of a U.S. Solider?

Didn’t he have insurance?

Did his family get a nice settlement when he was killed?

Are they just trying to prey on the emotions on those who support our Military?

As Michelle Malkin well put it, "SUCK.IT.UP!"

I mean, I have a disability as well, I was born with Attention Deficit Disorder with hyperactivity. But you don’t see me setting up a "Feel sorry for me page", do you? No.

I admit, I’m the eternal pessimist and a proud cynic. I make no apologies.

The Great Puppy Caper

It’s a pretty rough video to watch, I’m told, I haven’t seen it. I’m referring to the video, that everyone is talking about. 

The consensus is, that it is faked.

But that doesn’t stop the anger of those on the more progressive side, I’m listening to MSNBC and they did a story on it, and they said that the possible suspects have gotten death threats, had their addresses and telephone numbers blasted all over the Internet.  That the guys had to disconnected their telephone numbers.

According to MSNBC, the military is investigating.

I urge calm amongst everyone, let the military investigators do their job.

Others: michellemalkin.com, BLACKFIVE, Say Anything and Hot Air

Obama catching sand over a comment.

Whoa Boy… Obama is catching grief over a comment made at the debates.

Mostly from the far right wing nuts, who refuse to believe that our Military is nothing short of perfect.

Some people need to really look into getting real.

Even some of the comments on the Wing Nut Blogs even ADMIT that they were using enemy weapons and bullets.

But let a Liberal diss our Military?!?!?! Off with his Negro head! Surprise

Stupidity at it’s finest. Rolling Eyes

(H/T Memeorandum)

 

The Real John McCain?

He’s talking a pretty mean game now, But what about….:

and This:

Seems John McCain had a different view of war, back in those days, now he’s very much pro war.

Some people will say anything to get elected.

I get E-mail from Senator Carl Levin

I received this today:

I thought you would be interested in knowing about yesterday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, which I chaired, to review the actions taken over the last year to improve the care, management and transition of our wounded service members.

Our nation has a moral obligation to provide quality health care to the men and women who put on our nation’s uniform and are injured and wounded fighting our nation’s wars. On February 18, 2007, the headlines of the Washington Post read: “Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration At Army’s Top Medical Facility.” This series of articles served as a wakeup call regarding the care and treatment of our wounded warriors. They described deplorable living conditions for service members living in an outpatient status at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a bungled, bureaucratic process for assigning disability ratings and a clumsy handoff from the Department of Defense to the Department of Veterans Affairs as these injured soldiers tried to move on with their lives. We also learned that these problems were not limited to the Army or to Walter Reed. A lot has been accomplished in the wake of these articles, but much more needs to be done.

On March 6, 2007, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing to address the shortfalls in the care of our wounded warriors. At that hearing, we concluded that it would require the coordinated efforts of the Senate Veteran’s Affairs and the Senate Armed Services Committees to address the issues in a comprehensive manner. This led to a rare joint hearing of the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans Affairs on April 12th. The Committees continued to work together to pass the “Dignified Treatment of Wounded Warriors Act” on July 25, 2007. This comprehensive, bi-partisan legislation to address the care and management of our wounded warriors passed by the Senate expeditiously. This Act, enhanced by some provisions from the House-passed Wounded Warrior Assistance Act, was recently enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.

The Wounded Warrior Act represents a major reform of the system. It advances the care, management and transition of recovering service members, enhances health care and benefits for families, and begins the process of fundamental reform of the disability evaluation systems of the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs. It requires the DOD to use the VA’s standards for rating disabilities and the VA’s presumption of sound condition in determining whether a disability is service-connected. Additionally, it increases disability severance pay for certain service members, requires the DOD and the VA to jointly develop a comprehensive policy on improvements to care and management of recovering service members, establishes Centers of Excellence for traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic eye injuries. It also authorizes respite care for seriously injured service members.

The Wounded Warrior Act addresses nearly all of the findings of the various commissions that have examined the issues regarding the care and treatment of our wounded warriors. The most significant exception is the recommendation of the Dole/Shalala Commission to restructure the VA Disability Compensation System. This falls primarily under the jurisdiction of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees, both of which are examining it. The Department of Veterans Affairs has recently awarded a contract to develop information regarding changes in the composition of disability payments as recommended by the Dole-Shalala Commission. Working together in an approach consistent with the Wounded Warrior Act, the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have established a high-level Senior Oversight Committee, co-chaired by the Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to oversee the analysis of and changes to the DOD and VA systems to improve the care and treatment of our injured and ill service members.

The American people were rightly deeply angered by the shortfalls in care for our wounded warriors. Americans may disagree about the war in Iraq, but the cause of supporting our troops unites us all. We will continue to work toward improving the care our service members receive, so that these benefits accurately reflect their honorable service.

Sincerely,
Carl Levin

Idiot Nancy Pelosi calls Iraq a 'failure'

 Why does she say crap like this now???? Doh

Pelosi calls Iraq a ‘failure’ (via Politico.com)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said twice Sunday that Iraq “is a failure,” adding that President Bush’s troop surge has “not produced the desired effect.”

“The purpose of the surge was to create a secure time for the government of Iraq to make the political change to bring reconciliation to Iraq,” Pelosi said on CNN’s “Late Edition.” “They have not done that.”

The speaker hastened to add: “The troops have succeeded, God bless them.”

I mean it’s only going to cause the Democrats problems:

Pelosi’s harsh verdict is a reminder of the dilemma for Democrats as they head into this fall’s presidential and congressional elections:

They need to make the case that the country needs to depart from the direction set by Bush. Yet they don’t want to look like naysayers at a time when Iraq has become more stable, albeit still violent.

Republican strategists say one of their few chances to avoid a blowout in November is to paint Democrats as defeatists.

Which is exactly what they will do too.

Flipping idiot. Can’t she just shut up? Angry

Others: Flopping Aces and Hot Air